The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a chronic right knee disability for further development, including an examination.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary as there is evidence of a current disability and an indication that it may be related to service, but insufficient medical evidence exists to make a decision on the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0902918
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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